New York will make it easier for a defendant to challenge a wrongful conviction even in cases where they have already pleaded guilty — if Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a newly passed bill into law.
. But Assembly leadership summoned rank-and-file members back to Albany this week to take up dozens of bills left pending when the regular session ended, including the wrongful conviction measure.
If signed by Hochul, the bill would expand that to other types of evidence, such as an expert who later backtracks on their testimony or a technological advancement that calls a prior piece of evidence into question. “This legislation will put into place the mechanisms to review cases of those who have been wrongly convicted and for them to present evidence of their innocence,” he said in a statement.
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